Charnwood

The history of Charnwood

The Borough of Charnwood covers an area of
middle England to the north of Leicester and south of Nottingham. Loughborough
is the main town of the Borough and currently provides a home for engineering,
chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The Borough has a population of
over 150,000 . Charnwood takes its name from the ancient Forest which
lies in the west of the Borough with the villages of Anstey, Shepshed
and Woodhouse forming the border of the new National Forest. To the east
of the Borough the settlements of Barrow Upon Soar, Birstall, Mountsorrel,
Quorn, Sileby, Syston and Thurmaston lie along two river valleys and the
Grand Union Canal.